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How to: Short Nose Water Pump

I would like to show how I made myself a short nose water pump. Having issues with water pump to radiator clearance and not being able to move the radiator is the reason why I did this. Doing this made me able to get the water pump 3/4" shorter.

Parts used; FlowKooler water pump, part no. 1700 Shaft and bearing, part no. WKN2541-1 Seal, part no. 206U I bought the shaft/bearing and seal from Kellogg Automotive.

You will need to have access to both mill and lathe. What I did was to shorten the top of the nose, and make the bearing counterbore deeper into the housing.